. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . of fugitives, some of whom halted not even on reachingWashington. It took time and sharp measures to bring themback to their colors and an approximate sense of their fine regiment, indeed, whose soldierly colonel was leftdead, found itself disarmed, deprived of its colors, discredited,and a dozen of its self-selected leaders summarily court-mar-tialed and sentenced for mutiny. It took time and severe meas-ures to bring officers and men back from Washington to camp,thereafter to reappear in town only in their complete uni
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . of fugitives, some of whom halted not even on reachingWashington. It took time and sharp measures to bring themback to their colors and an approximate sense of their fine regiment, indeed, whose soldierly colonel was leftdead, found itself disarmed, deprived of its colors, discredited,and a dozen of its self-selected leaders summarily court-mar-tialed and sentenced for mutiny. It took time and severe meas-ures to bring officers and men back from Washington to camp,thereafter to reappear in town only in their complete uniform,and with the written pass of a brigade commander. It took more time and many and many a lesson, hardestof all, to teach them that the men whom they had known foryears at home as Squire or Jedge, Bob or Billy,could now only be respectfully addressed, if not referred to, ascaptain, lieutenant, or sergeant. It took still longer for theAmerican man-at-arms to realize that there was good reasonwhy the self-same Squire or Jedge or even a Bob 3 f?-- •4 t ^J3. OFFICERS OF THE EIGHTH NEW YORK STATE MILITIA INFANTRY, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA, 1861 There were three organizations from NevYork State known as the Eighth Infantry—the Eighth Regiment State Militia Infantryor Washington Grays; the Eighth Regiment Infantry, or First German Riflesand the Eighth Regiment National Guar<Infantry. The second of these was organize!at New York and mustered in April 231861. It left for Washington on May 26thand served for two years. It served in tindefenses of Washington till July 10, 1801advanced to Manassas, Ya., on that datand took part in the battle of Bull Hun July21st. It did duty in the defenses of Wash-ington, with various scouts and reconnais-sances, till April, 1802, and then went to theShenandoah Valley, where it fought in the
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